Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!
Hand painted, glittered, or chocolate:
the Lazy K House has them for your Easter celebration!

Collect Bonus Bucks in March and April, then redeem them in July.

Try these stackable one- and two-pocket terracotta planters. Create a beautiful vertical flower, vegetable or cactus wall that will WOW friends and family! They are predrilled on the back, so you can screw them into a wall - and they are also drilled on the bottom, so you can stack them on pieces of sunken rebar rod. These are excellent for gardening in small spaces!

2 stackable pieces: $90.00

Show your creative side with our colorful and expressive art poles. Our great selection of artist-designed and weather-resistant art poles come in a variety of sizes and styles to perfectly suit your garden!

We have certified disease-free fingerlings and large seed potatoes. Harvesting can start as early as June for new potatoes and July or August for mature potatoes. Digging for potatoes is like digging for treasure, and once you have experienced the taste of garden grown potatoes you will not want anything else! Come in while supplies last, and pick up a grow sheet or talk with our knowledgeable staff.

With any one of these three books, you can transform your traditional lawn into a beautiful, water-wise, low maintenance landscape. Find inspiring design ideas, plant guides, and plenty of colorful photographs to help you recreate your garden.

Titanium coated blades retain their sharpness

Curved handles increase leverage

SyncDrive technology creates more cutting force with reduced effort

2 in. cutting capacity

Now is the time for spring growth, so make the most of it by feeding your plants. Established trees and shrubs will benefit from Master Nursery Formula 49 All Purpose Plant Food. It is easy to apply and makes a big difference. Start feeding you citrus and avocado trees once a month for more production and healthier trees with either Master Nursery Citrus Food or Garden Elements Citrus and Fruit Food. Fruit trees, grapes and berries are leafing out and should be fed now, too, with Master Nursery Fruit Tree and Vine Food or Garden Elements Fruit Tree and Vine Food. Camellias, Azaleas, Rhododendrons should be fed after they finish blooming, with either Master Nursery Camellia Azalea, Gardenia and Rhododendron Food or the organic Garden Elements Rhody, Azalea, and Holly Food. Remember, always add fertilizer to moist soils and then water in.

Whether it is for between stepping stones, hillsides, or the foreground of a border along a walk, Orchard Nursery has a nice variety of ground covers that will meet your criteria. Here is list of ground covers in stock through their planting seasons.

SUN

Ajugas

Aptenia cordifolia

Armeria maritinia

Cerastum tomentosum

Chamomile

Cymbalaria aequitriloba

Dichondra

Dymondia margarete

Festuca ovina glauca

Gazania hybrid (daybreak series)

Herniaria Glabra

Hypericum calycinum

Iceplants

Isotma (blue star creeper)

Ivy (hedera)

Mint, creeping

Moss, scotch

Myoporum parvifolium (white & Pink)

Phlox sublata

Potentilla verna

Polygonum capitatum

Rosemary, creeping

Sedums

Strawberry, Ornamental

Thymes

Verbena

Veronica

Vinca Minor

SHADE / PART SUN

Ajugas

Baby tears

Campanula muralis

Cymbalaria awquitriloba

Dichondra

Issotama

Ivy

Moss, (Scotch & Irish)

Pennyroyal

Pachysandra

Lamiums

Pllygonum capitatum

Mondo grass

Vinca Minor

ALYSSUM

Masses of dainty white, pink, or purple flowers are born in such profusion they often completely hide the foliage. Bright green leaves are small, narrow, and pointed. Extremely popular as an edging for beds and borders.
Also good for hanging baskets and other container plantings. It grows among paving stones and along dry walls very well. It seems like a perennial, because it reseeds quite well. Also, the fragrance that mostly comes from the white flowering alyssum could be a reason alone to plant this annual. The fragrance can be of sweet honey.

Sun or light shade, most soils with moderate water and fertilizer.

NASTURTIUMS

Flowers can be single or double, with or without spurs. Plants with spurless flowers tend to display better because the flowers always face up. Color range includes red, yellow, orange, apricot, white, pink, and mahogany. Leaves are shaped like parasols. Suitable for low beds and borders, also containers. Tall kinds can be used to cover trellises and fences. Sun or light shade, average, well drained soil and average to moderate watering.

Correct watering is an acquired skill, but close observation of your plant will help you determine when to water. Citrus trees like deep, infrequent watering so they stay on the dry side of moist! Watering frequency will vary with temperature and maturity but watering deeply once a week should be enough for a plant in the ground. Container plants may need watering twice a week but it is important to allow the soil surface to dry out between waterings. A moisture meter can be helpful to determine moisture levels at root level. A wilted tree that perks up within 24 hours after watering was too dry, a tree with yellow or cupped leaves or a wilted plant that doesn't perk up after watering is too wet. Adjust your watering schedule accordingly. Ultimately, you want to find a consistent watering schedule for each season so your plant will get enough but not too much water. Remember, it's better to be too dry than too wet.

Mulch to help preserve soil moisture and restrict the growth of weeds. Spread a 2" layer of Black Forest Organic Compost, Gold Rush, or Micro Bark around the plant, keeping the trunk free of mulch.

Last Week's
Question:
As well as can be detected, what continent did the lady bug come from?

Correct Answer: Asia

Prize Winner: Kathy Cook has won a $10 Orchard Nursery gift certificate. Congratulations! Gift certificates are to be picked up within two weeks of winning. Winner must bring an ID to the nursery to claim the prize.
Prize must be picked up in person.
Employees are not eligible for this contest. Please stay tuned for another question next week!

Source: Jen Musty, Batter Bakery

This recipe was demonstrated for CUESA's Market to Table program on March 2, 2013
Yields approximately 50 mini shortbread